Combo question

Is there any way to make a combo look like a text box, that is just have one
answer displayed that is there and you don't have to scroll to see the result?
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Milton Purdy
ACCESS
State of Arkansas

"golfinray" wrote in message
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Is there any way to make a combo look like a text box, that is just have
one
answer displayed that is there and you don't have to scroll to see the
result?

I'm not following you. A combo normally displays only one value when it is
not dropped down. What is it exactly that you want the combo do do?

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Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
Access tips: www.datagnostics.com/tips.html

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golfinray,
If you could give us more information as to why you need to do that,
and what the combo is doing, we can give a better answer, or... I'm
thinking...
an alternative.
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hth
Al Campagna
Microsoft Access MVP 2007-2009
http://home.comcast.net/~cccsolutions/index.html

"Find a job that you love... and you'll never work a day in your life."

"golfinray" wrote in message
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Is there any way to make a combo look like a text box, that is just have
one
answer displayed that is there and you don't have to scroll to see the
result?
--
Milton Purdy
ACCESS
State of Arkansas

My combo is not displaying one value when it is not dropped down. That is
what I want it to do. I set list rows to one and it still does not display
unless you drop it. Thanks!
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Milton Purdy
ACCESS
State of Arkansas


"Dirk Goldgar" wrote:

"golfinray" wrote in message
...
Is there any way to make a combo look like a text box, that is just have
one
answer displayed that is there and you don't have to scroll to see the
result?

I'm not following you. A combo normally displays only one value when it is
not dropped down. What is it exactly that you want the combo do do?

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
Access tips: www.datagnostics.com/tips.html

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"golfinray" wrote in message
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My combo is not displaying one value when it is not dropped down. That is
what I want it to do. I set list rows to one and it still does not display
unless you drop it.

Do you mean it's blank, even when a value from the list has been selected?
If so, something is wrong. There is a bug that came in with SP3 for Access
2003, that sounds like this problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945280/
Combo box controls and list box controls display no value or incorrect
values in Access 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3

If that's your problem, there's a hotfix for it. Here's the link:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674
Description of the Access 2003 post-Service Pack 3 hotfix package:
December 18, 2007

But don't install that hotfix unless you have established that you have
installed Office 2003 SP3, and that the problem described in the first link
is in fact the source of your problem.

Note that, if your combox is bound to a field that has a value that is not
in the combo's list, the combo will be blank. That's a totally different
issue.

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Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
Access tips: www.datagnostics.com/tips.html

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